Cultural macroevolution in the Pacific Northwest: A phylogenetic test of the diversification and decimation model

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 41, Issue , 2014, Pages 29-43

  Prentiss, Anna Marie ^a   Chatters, James C ^b   Walsh, Matthew J ^a   Skelton, Randall R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b Applied Paleoscience   (United States)

Author keywords

Cladistic analysis; Macroevolution; Pacific Northwest prehistory

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; CULTURAL HISTORY; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; HOLOCENE; MODELING; PREHISTORIC; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CULTURAL CHANGE; CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

PACIFIC NORTHWEST;

EID: 84883196988     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2013.07.032     Document Type: Article

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